Olive Plants Systematics

Oleaceae, also known as the olive family, is a taxonomic family of flowering shrubs, trees, and a few lianas in the order Lamiales. It presently comprises 28 genera, one of which is recently extinct. The number of species in the Oleaceae is variously estimated in a wide range around 700. The flowers are often numerous and highly odoriferous. The family has a subcosmopolitan distribution, ranging from the subarctic to the southernmost parts of Gulf, Africa, Australia, and South America. Notable members include olive, ash, jasmine, and several popular ornamental plants including privet, forsythia, fringetrees, and lilac.

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Dr. Mona Solaiman Al-Wahaibi, Professor of Molecular Plant Taxonomy at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She graduated her Ph.D. on The genetic diversity of populations of Heliotropium digynum in the central region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia using some Molecular and non- Molecular aspects.